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7606633 Robot simulation device, and robot simulation program  
A robot simulation device is provided. It includes a virtual robot working environment in which a virtual robot has a task of transferring a virtual object from a start point to a goal point, the...
7594912 Offset remote center manipulator for robotic surgery  
Medical, surgical, and/or robotic devices and systems often including offset remote center parallelogram manipulator linkage assemblies which constrains a position of a surgical instrument during...
7572253 Surgical operation device  
In order to rotate and move an arm of a slave which supports a needle-holder, the rotation and movement of a pen-shaped operating section ( 31 ) caused by the fingers of the operator's hand are...
7556626 Medical instrument holding apparatus  
A medical instrument holding apparatus includes a supporting mechanism, a moving mechanism, a basal portion and a counterweight. The supporting mechanism supports a medical instrument. The moving...
7507199 Method and apparatus for performing minimally invasive cardiac procedures  
A system for performing minimally invasive cardiac procedures includes a pair of surgical instruments that are coupled to a pair of robotic arms. The instruments have end effectors that can be...
7485115 Remote operation support system and method  
According to the present invention, a remote operation support system includes a first control system arranged in an operating room, a second control system arranged in a primary support room, and...
7431693 Method for adjustably supporting an endoscope  
An apparatus ( 100 ) supports an endoscope ( 99 ) for viewing a surgical site in a patient during surgery on the patient. The apparatus ( 100 ) includes a base ( 110 ), a first part ( 200 ), a...
7409267 Predictive robot, control method for predictive robot, and predictive robotic system  
A predictive robot includes a prediction-related item storage to store terms related to prediction performance, a first communicator which transmits stored prediction-related terms and receives a...
7373219 Grip strength with tactile feedback for robotic surgery  
Surgical robots and other telepresence systems have enhanced grip actuation for manipulating tissues and objects with small sizes. A master/slave system is used in which an error signal or gain is...
7371209 Endoscope head  
The invention relates to an endoscope head which is equipped with a plurality of function-related units such as an optical/lens system, illuminating elements, rinsing nozzles and the like. The...
7357774 Multi-component telepresence system and method  
The present invention provides systems and methods for performing robotically-assisted surgical procedures on a patient. In particular, a three-component surgical system is provided that includes a...
7347816 Adaptor for endoscope forceps opening  
In an adaptor for endoscope forceps opening: an adaptor connecting member includes an opening groove which is formed in its axial direction and from/to which the treatment tool is...
7343222 System, method and apparatus for organizing groups of self-configurable mobile robotic agents in a multi-robotic system  
A system of self-organizing mobile robotic agents (MRAs) in a multi-robotic system (MRS) is disclosed. MRAs cooperate, learn and interact with the environment. The system uses various AI...
7329262 Stereoguide for clamping neurosurgical instruments  
The present invention relates to apparatus for use in neurosurgery, and to a method of positioning neurosurgical apparatus. The stereoguide comprises first and second guide elements through which...
7309311 Endoscopic observation apparatus and medical device holder  
An endoscope is connected optically removably to a TV camera through an adapter. A plurality of fixing pins is arranged on both sides of an insertion axis of an insertion part of the endoscope. A...
7303527 Medical examination apparatus  
Apparatus for effecting or controlling instrumentation insertible into the human body, as for example into the uterus, comprising in combination a first suspension for adjustably suspending the...
7297142 Interchangeable surgical instrument  
A system and associated method for delivering to an internal body site a selected one of a plurality of instruments. An instrument storage chamber is providing having passages for separately...
7278969 Ultrasonic observation system  
An ultrasonic observation system of the invention includes a long ultrasonic probe having an ultrasonic sending and receiving portion, which can send and receive ultrasonic, and a holding portion,...
7273450 Stereoscopic observation system  
A stereoscopic observation system includes a stereoscopic optical unit and stereoscopic camera. The optical unit is provided with a pair of objectives for stereoscopic observation and optical...
7255310 Holder for a medical device  
A holding device 20 includes a fixed portion 21 having a rectangular hole 21 a and locking grooves 21 b; a holding groove 22 having a notch portion 22 a through which an intermediated...
7245989 Three-degree-of-freedom parallel robot arm  
A robot arm includes a drive assembly and an articulated arm assembly pivotally connected to the drive assembly. The articulated arm includes a pivoting base link system, a wrist link system, and a...
7239940 Modularity system for computer assisted surgery  
A medical system that allows a medical device to be controlled by one of two input devices. The input devices may be consoles that contain handles and a screen. The medical devices may include...
7223230 External endoscopic accessory control system  
The present invention provides an endoscopic accessory control system that resides externally of the endoscope. The system comprises the endoscopic accessory with a working end to be placed at the...
7220227 Adapter for endoscope and endoscope  
An adapter for an endoscope of the present invention includes: a locking device for attaching and detaching that attaches and locks this adapter for an endoscope onto a predefined position on an...
7217241 Device for orthodontic interventions  
A direct view rigid video-endoscope ( 11 ) supported by an articulated and compensated arm ( 2 ), equipped with a grip ( 3 ) crossed by an air flow ( 92 ) originating from a generator ( 93 )...
7198598 Devices and methods for percutaneous surgery  
Methods and devices for performing surgery in a patient are provided. A cannula provides a working channel for access to a location in the patient. A clamp assembly is removably engaged to the...
7192396 System and method for orienting endoscope and operator control  
A system and method for orienting an endoscope shaft and operator control module. The operator control module includes an engaging mechanism that allows the operator control module to be disengaged...
7189246 Medical instrument holding device  
A medical instrument holding device includes a grasping portion onto which a medical instrument is mounted, an acceptant arm supported by a link mechanism, and a ball joint element adapted to be...
7179223 Endoscope apparatus having an internal channel  
An endoscope apparatus having an internal channel comprises a scope portion in which a flexibly bending portion is provided at an elongated insert portion having a flexibility, the insert portion...
7164968 Robotic scrub nurse  
A robotic system, and corresponding method, performs the function of a human scrub technician in an operating room. A device, and associated method for using the device, performs one, or more, of...
7156805 Surgical retractor  
A surgical retractor system comprises a support frame and an instrument mounting assembly. The instrument mounting assembly includes a fastening member for securing the mounting assembly to the...
7155316 Microsurgical robot system  
A robot system for use in surgical procedures has two movable arms each carried on a wheeled base with each arm having a six of degrees of freedom of movement and an end effector which can be...
7108688 Remote center positioner  
The invention is directed to a remote center positioner used to support an instrument and provide a center of spherical rotation, remote from any bearings or mechanical supports, at a desired...
7108656 Endoscope apparatus  
The present invention provides an endoscope comprising an elongated insert portion having flexibility, the insert portion being inserted into a space targeted for inspection, a connector portion...
7107124 Roll-pitch-roll wrist methods for minimally invasive robotic surgery  
A teleoperator system with telepresence is shown which includes right and left hand controllers ( 72 R and 72 L) for control of right and left manipulators ( 24 R and 24 L) through use of a...
7107090 Devices and methods for presenting and regulating auxiliary information on an image display of a telesurgical system to assist an operator in performing a surgical procedure  
Systems and methods for performing robotically-assisted surgical procedures on a patient enable an image display device to provide an operator with auxiliary information related to the surgical...
7104951 Endoscope apparatus with drum part to wind insertion part therearound  
According to the present invention, an endoscope system having an insertion member thereof wound about a drum comprises an electronic endoscope, a drum, an angling input unit, a motor-driven...
7083571 Medical robotic arm that is attached to an operating table  
A system for performing minimally invasive cardiac procedures includes a pair of surgical instruments coupled to a pair of robotic arms with end effectors that can be manipulated to hold and suture...
7066879 Insertable device and system for minimal access procedure  
The present invention provides a system and single or multi-functional element device that can be inserted and temporarily placed or implanted into a structure having a lumen or hollow space, such...
7048686 Endoscope system including a communications function  
An endoscope system has an electronic endoscope, a signal processing section and a data transmitting and receiving section. The electronic endoscope has an image pickup element at a distal end...
7048684 Probe vibrating assembly for endoscopic procedures  
A probe vibrating assembly for endoscopic procedures includes a base unit having a rotatable spindle. A drive member is eccentrically mounted to the spindle. The drive unit is secured to a slide...
7035716 Active-constraint robots  
An active-constraint robot ( 4 ), particularly for surgical use, is controlled by means of a series of motorized joints to provide a surgeon with real-time tactile feedback of an operation in...
7006895 Computed pivotal center surgical robotic system and method  
A teleoperator system with telepresence is shown which includes right and left hand controllers ( 72 R and 72 L) for control of right and left manipulators ( 24 R and 24 L) through use of a...
6999852 Flexible robotic surgery system and method  
A teleoperator system with telepresence is shown which includes right and left hand controllers ( 72 R and 72 L) for control of right and left manipulators ( 24 R and 24 L) through use of a...
6997866 Devices for positioning implements about fixed points  
A method and apparatus for a spherical parallel mechanism are disclosed. The invention involves a platform and at least three kinetic chains. The kinetic chains each comprise a link with one end...
6971987 Apparatuses for securing medical devices to humans and methods for facilitating the manipulation of secured medical devices  
Methods and apparatuses that can be used to secure a medical device, such as an endoscope, to a human. As a result, the human is able to manipulate the medical device through the movement of his...
6966876 Device for holding and positioning an endoscopic instrument  
A device for holding and positioning an endoscopic instrument introduced through a body surface of a patient has a holder for the instrument, which holder is designed in such a way that the...
6926709 Fully automatic, robot-assisted camera guidance system employing position sensors for laparoscopic interventions  
In a method and operating system for conducting a surgical intervention, respective position sensors are mounted at a laparoscope and a surgical instrument used to conduct the intervention, and a...
6865446 Robot device and method of controlling robot device operation  
A robot apparatus is provided which includes body portions such as a head block ( 4 ), leg blocks ( 3 A to 3 D), an actuator ( 25 ) to actuate the body portions and a CPU ( 10 ) to supply a...
6853879 Medical manipulator and method of controlling the same  
A medical master/slave manipulator is excellent in operability and capable of reducing burden on the operator. The medical master/slave manipulator includes a master unit provided with an operation...
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